[cecilia]

Does anybody know that gas mileage on this STI yet???

 

[Goose]

I was thinking the same thing! Does it require premium fuel? NE1 with a wrx run regular fuel... does the engine knock bad? At 96cents/L $4 gallon the primium costs may encourage me to buy a S4?

 

[CloNeGTS]

Indication of Price Coming soon......

That would be a 100% on the premium fuel!

And I thought the point of not including the stereo standard was to drop the weight of the car enough so that it avoided being a gas guzzler. I'd sure hope they accomplished that, otherwise I think they would have said screw it and put the stereo back in.

 

[darwood]

I am going to say it will use less gas than a Ford Lightning. That's not saying much though.

 

[91TB78]

Yes on the premium, and it should get about 18-20 City and anywhere from 25-28 highway. This is my guess..so take it for what its worth.

 

[4MLA1FN]

Yes on the premium, and it should get about 18-20 City and anywhere from 25-28 highway. This is my guess..so take it for what its worth.

sounds like the evo. no great, not horrible. at least not until gas hits $2.50/gal for 93octane. anyway, i'm glad this thread came up. i've been wondering/worrying about this. maybe i should postpone the sti, at least until this stupid war is over.

 

[CloNeGTS]

Wow....I'd consider those numbers high, at least the highway numbers. Reason being....the gearing will be very low even in 6th gear. This means cruising well into turbo spooning speeds.

I'm getting 32-33 HWY in the Celica. I'm expecting 20-24 HWY from the STi....

 

[4MLA1FN]

....the gearing will be very low even in 6th gear.

where are the ratios listed? i've seen several sites that list the ratios, but they only have it for the first five gears.

 

[CloNeGTS]

dunno where those sites were, but here they are listed off of the spec sheet I got from my dealer....

1 - 3.636
2 - 2.375
3 - 1.761
4 - 1.346
5 - 0.971
6 - 0.756

STi Specs

http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/publish/vcsPRAsset_82_47071_{815ACD94-C35F-4DE1-A387-EF33041A1DE7}_WRX_STi_Specs_2003_rev.pdf

WRX Specs

http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/publish/vcsPRAsset_82_10228_{ABABA343-937E-47DC-B2AF-C1298F2EFEE1}_ImprezaWRX_Specs_2003.pdf

Ya know....looking at those, you are comparing .756 to .738. Guess the USDM gearing isn't quite as extreme as the JDM gearing. [/url]

 

[4MLA1FN]

dunno where those sites were...

http://www.cars101.com/subaru/impreza/wrxsti2004.html
http://www.velocityjrnl.com/jrnl/2004/vmd9411pf.html
http://www.subaru.net/usproduct/2004/Stiinitspec.asp

to list a few. *thanks* for the links. glad to see 6th won't be significantly lower than the wrx's 5th.

 

[HunterA]

As long as i gett better mileage than my current car. Bronco

 

[CloNeGTS]

Hmmm.....I can't seem to find the JDM specs to compare ours to. I was always under the impression that the STi's 6-speed was so close ratio that sixth was still shorter than 5th in the regular WRX 5-speed. I realize .756 is shorter than .738, but that isn't a big enough diff to go crazy over.

Anyone have any input on that?

 

[alfredob1]

Scroll to the bottom, you should find them there:
http://www.japanvehicles.com/newcars/subaru/WRX2003model/main.htm

 

[CloNeGTS]

So SOA did in fact "Americanize" the gearing.

JDM gearing......

1 - 3.636
2 - 2.375
3 - 1.761
4 - 1.346
5 - 1.062
6 - 0.842

Fifth and sixth....very different. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand....damn you SOA. On the other, how much accelerating will you be doing in 5th and 6th most of the time and thanks for the extra MPG.

 

[Agent Chobos]

i need some help!!!

At 96cents/L $4 gallon the primium costs may encourage me to buy a S4?

That won't help you. The S4 will also require premium.

at least not until gas hits $2.50/gal for 93octane.

Some places in CA are already there, but we only get 91 octane! :evil:

 

[OhGeeSTi]

Hey Guys, I just noticed this topic and remembered a picture I took at the Toronto international auto show which I though was kinda unless till now.... It's a pic of the spec sheet showing the MPG being 13.4L/100 km City and 9.1L/100km Highway and it meets LEV standards... anyone want to do the conversion to actual MPG ? I thought the specs should be the same for the USDM STi but the octane ratings in Canada are lower so I guess it's just an estimate for you guys. Catch ya lata

O.G

 

[alfredob1]

CDN STi Fuel Economy

and that's 25/17 mpg...yikes...at $2/gal now that's pretty pricey...

 

[alfredob1]

Found this EPA City 18 mpg / Highway 24 mpg below:
http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/publish/vcsPRAsset_82_47071_{815ACD94-C35F-4DE1-A387-EF33041A1DE7}_30-31_04_WRX_STi_Specs_.pdf

 

[stiski]

Speaking of gearing, the spec sheet for the impreza states " 6 speed manual with overdrive." Is that a button that you have to push for overdrive or does it kick-in automatically? Overdrive is suppose to improve mileage and decrease revs while on the highway correct.

here's the link to the spec sheet

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=337287

 

[HunterA]

I believe
6th speed is the overdrive in question.